ASI Special Offering Projects

Every year, the ASI Missions Inc. Board selects a number of projects to receive grants from the offering gathered at the annual ASI International Convention. This year, ASI Missions Inc. chose 29 projects to receive grants. Combined, the projects represent a significant worldwide impact. The offering goal was $1,371,500. Thanks to God’s blessings and generous donors like you, we have far surpassed our goal and received pledges up to $2 million!

The overflow offering will go towards the following projects:

1. Ellen G. White electronic book project
2. Ukrainian mobile health clinics
3. One Day Church project

Each project below will receive the designated amount. In the unlikely event that any of the listed projects do not progress within a reasonable time, as determined by ASI, at its discretion, ASI may redirect the funds from the failed project to another ASI-approved project. Below are the organizations to receive funding along with the planned use of project funds.

1. ADVENTIST AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION – $18,000

Project funds will go toward the development and printing of an age/ grade-appropriate instructional book series to teach Christ-centered agriculture for grades K-12. The lessons teach simple, inexpensive, and proven methods to grow vegetables during the academic school year (fall, winter, and spring). Most importantly, they equip students to grow in their relationship with God.

2. ASAP MINISTRIES – $40,000

Project funds will go toward elementary education for Syrian refugee populations in Lebanon. Trapped in political environments that deny refugee children access to education, these refugees have little hope of overcoming their situation without outside assistance. Funding will provide support for two classrooms, teacher stipends and supplies, and stipends for Bible workers serving a teen ministry

3. ASI YOUTH FOR JESUS/LIFE – $52,500

Project funds will go toward conducting the 2023 Youth for Jesus (YFJ) program in Kansas City, Missouri. In 2023, ASI YFJ will take place as usual in the city where the ASI Convention will be held. YFJ’s four-week field school of evangelism will engage youth 15 years old and older in all aspects of preparing for and holding an evangelistic series.

4. BUILD AND RESTORE INTERNATIONAL – $13,000

Project funds will go toward assisting a team of 24 volunteers who will finish building two classrooms at an Adventist school in Ocongate, Peru. Local teachers and crew have already completed the foundations. Evangelistic meetings, health seminars, and children’s programs will also be held in the local villages.

5. ELLEN G. WHITE ESTATE – $100,000

The digital presence of the Ellen G. White Estate (EGWE) has grown steadily. In 2021, visitors from 200 countries and territories viewed over 152 million pages. Project funds will go toward the ongoing effort to digitize all official translations of Ellen White’s books and make them available on digital platforms to people around the world.

6. FALCOS CHILDREN AFRICA, INC. – $20,000

Project funds will go toward repairing and painting eight orphan homes, building two water towers, constructing a kitchen, and constructing a multipurpose building to use for church and events in Tanzania.

7. HARTLAND INSTITUTE OF HEALTH & EDUCATION – $90,000

Hartland Institute of Health & Education operates a wastewater treatment facility for its college and lifestyle center. Project funds will go toward replacing a synthetic wastewater tank liner that prevents wastewater from infiltrating the ground in an aerated wastewater lagoon.

8. HERITAGE ACADEMY – $25,000

Project funds will go toward providing additional technical equipment that Heritage Academy requires to continue with their online evangelistic programming. Students write, produce, direct, and present the programs. Heritage Academy has collaborated with It Is Written and Doug Na’a to provide presentations that share Bible doctrines and the three angels’ messages.

9. INTERNATIONAL CARING HANDS – $15,000

Project funds will go toward equipping three portable, free dental clinics for use in very remote Zambian villages. The portable dental clinics will allow International Caring Hands to reach isolated Zambian communities where locals have never seen a dentist.

10. ISEI EDUCATION ASSOCIATION – $18,000

Project funds will go toward expanding services to member schools, providing consultation and services to non-member supporting ministry schools, and continuing the expansion of ISEI global membership.

11. KUDA VANA PARTNERSHIP – $25,000

Project funds will go toward building a family training center and school on Kuda Vana’s campus for orphaned and abandoned children in Zimbabwe. The training center will be used for the education of families who are adopting or being reunited with the children at the orphanage. The building will have several classrooms and an office.

12. LIFESTYLE TV – $50,000

Project funds will go toward transitioning Lifestyle TV (LTV) to Over the Top (OTT) app streaming. This will enable them to reach a larger audience in Northern Europe. Through OTT, LTV will be available on many digital devices.

13. LAY INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH TRAINING (LIGHT) – $150,000

Project funds will go toward supporting 64 LIGHT teachers around the world and providing basic training materials for their courses and community outreach to allow them to continue their international ministry.

14. LOGOS TV – $17,000

Project funds will go toward producing media projects for evangelism. In 2020, Logos TV created the Open Case documentary designed to capture the interest of Christians and atheists. In 2022, Logos TV will pursue similar projects and continue sending truth-filled books and literature to viewer contacts, which has led to over 100 Bible studies.

15. LOMA LINDA CAMPESTRE – $24,000

Project funds will go toward expanding services at Loma Linda Campestre. They will build two treatment rooms, one for women, the other for men, to offer every visitor a complete physical, mental, and spiritual benefit.

16. MARANATHA z.s. – $25,000

Project funds will go toward activating evangelistic outreach in two churches through training and a Youth for Jesus campaign in Slovakia, with a special emphasis on local Seventh-day Adventist youth. The youth will be trained in follow-up ministry and in conducting future evangelistic projects.

17. MISSIONARY ASSISTANCE PLAN (MAP) – $100,000

MAP assists expatriate missionaries working at self-supporting ministries in developing nations where their stipends are on par with the local economy. Project funds are administered by Outpost Centers International (OCI) and will be used to assist MAP recipients with travel for furloughs home.

18. PERU PROJECTS – $40,000

Project funds will go toward constructing four classrooms and a chapel for Peru Project’s School of Missions. The 40-year-old chapel currently being used for classes is subject to flooding and jungle deterioration.

19. RIVERSIDE FARM INSTITUTE – $64,000

Riverside Farm Institute is experiencing financial pressures with the price of fertilizer and devaluation of currency. Project funds will go toward adding two cold rooms to Riverside Farm that will handle 26 tons of fruit each week, allowing for the expansion of their banana business.

20. SALT OUTREACH – $30,000

Project funds will go toward purchasing a truck and second shower trailer to help unsheltered individuals in Florida.

21. SHALOM ADVENTURE MAGAZINE – $10,000

Shalom Adventure Magazine has been invited to produce a weekly TV program to reach Jewish people, messianics, and evangelicals who have an interest in Jewish topics. Project funds will go toward the production of the weekly programming.

22. SHELTER FROM THE STORM, INC. – $50,000

Shelter from the Storm provides a structured living environment for recently released ex-offenders, providing housing, employment assistance, life-skill training, and more. Project funds will go toward the home’s operating expenses as well as the purchase of a box truck to allow residents to work with various local projects.

23. SOUTHWESTERN ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY (SWAU) – $20,000

Project funds will go toward providing ten scholarships for qualified students to participate in the June 2023 ongoing dinosaur bone excavation. The experience will not only provide academic credit, but will support the students’ ability to defend biblical creation and the flood.

24. THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK (3ABN) – $100,000

Project funds will go toward expanding 3ABN’s prison ministry evangelistic outreach, especially through study Bibles, truth-filled literature, and television programming available within the prison system.

25. UCHEE PINES INSTITUTE – $100,000

Uchee Pines Institute (UPI) is dedicated to helping people suffering from modern lifestyle issues by using simple and natural treatment methods such as exercise, nutrition, massage, herbs, supplements, and faith. Project funds will be used to construct eight simple homes to house staff and volunteers.

26. VIDA INTERNACIONAL – $15,000

Project funds will go toward constructing a new water supply system at Vida Internacional (VI). The new water system will accommodate the ministry’s growth in personnel and its agriculture program. It will also allow for water storage, which will help prevent shortages sometimes experienced during the dry season.

27. WEIMAR UNIVERSITY – $100,000

The success and expansion of Weimar University’s degree programs, due in part to their strong commitment to Adventist principles of education, have resulted in significant enrollment growth. Project funds will be used to upgrade the campus kitchen to meet the needs of a growing student population.

28. ONE DAY CHURCH PROJECT – $50,000

Grant funds are to be used for the construction of One Day Church structures and by OCI-member organizations in Madagascar.

29. OCI UKRAINE HELP PROJECT – $10,000

Project funds will go towards providing medical, dental, psychological, and spiritual care to Ukrainian refugees displaced by conflict. Fully-equipped mobile clinics will be positioned in villages with an Adventist church. The cost is $35 per person for a clinic visit. Our churches will follow up with the refugees after their clinic visit. Individuals who need more comprehensive therapies will be referred to a Seventh-day Adventist lifestyle center for further treatment.